Combined cigar-holder, ash-receptacle, and match-safe.



W. W., F. M. & J. S. HILTON. COMBINED CIGAR HOLDER, ASH REGEPTAGLE, AND MATCH SAFE.

APILIGATION FILED MAY 16. 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

efaiezz 662E076 llilll UNITED STATES PATENT orries F WILLIAM w. HILTON, FRANK M. HILTON, AND JOHN s. HILTON, or 11mm, oHIo.

COMBIIiED CIGAR-HOLDER, ASH-RECEPTACLE,- AND MATCH-SAFE.

ful Improvements in Combined Cigar-Holders, Ash-Receptacles, and Match-Safes, of

- which the following is a specification.

' ances and more particularly to a device of This invention relates tosmokers applithis character, embodying in its structure a cigar holder, ash receptacle andniatch safe.

The object of the invention is to provide an ash receptacle having a removable tray suspended therein and provided with a vertical partition defining independent compartments for thereception of lighted and unlighted cigars, respectively, said tray being provided witha perforated bottom so as to permit the ashes from the cigars deposlted in said tray to enter the receptacle.

A further object is to provide the'ash re- -'ceptacle with oppositely disposed auxiliary receptacles or pockets adapted to receive burned and unburned matches.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices, so

as to increase their utility, durability and efficiency, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture. I

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, 1t being understood that various changesin form,

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the lower end thereof to form'a depending proportions and minor details of construet-ion maybe resorted to within the scope oi the appended claims.

F or a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and ing drawings, in which:. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view; of a combined. ash receiver, match trayand cigar holder constructed in accordance with our invention; F ig..2 is a vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the tray removed from the ash reaccompanyceptacle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing description and indicated in allthe views of the drawings by the same v reference characters;-

The device comprises an ash receiving receptacle 5 preferably cylindrical in shape,-as having its bottom 6 spaced from Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Application filed May 16, 1911. Serial no. 627300.

supporting flange 7. Suspended within the receptacle 5, is a tray including upper and lower rings 8 and 9, one of which is adapted to rest on the upper edge of the receptacle 5 and is provided with depending spring fingers 10 which bear against the interior walls of the receptacle and serve to prevent accidental displacement thereof.

The upper and lower rings of the tray are connected by a transverse partition 11 defining independent compartments l2 and 13, one of which is adapted to receive lighted cigars and the other unlighted cigars. Secured to the bottom of the lower ring 9 are a plurality of spaced rods 14 so as to permit the ashes from the cigars in. either compartment toenter the receptacle 5.

The upper end of the partition 11 is preferably inclined in opposite-directions toward the center of the tray and is reinforced and strengthened by the provision of rods 15, the

innerends of which arespaced apart at 16 to permit the attachment of a laterally extending knob or finger piece 17 by means of which the tray may be removed from-the feceptacle 5 when it is desired to clean the atter. I

Attention is here called to the fact that the side walls of the main receptacle 5 are slightly tapered so that when the tray is insertedin said receptacle, the lower supporting ring 9 W111 frictionally engage theinte- .r1or walls of the receptacle 5, and thus assist in preventing accidental displacement of said tray. Secured to the exterior .walls of the receptacle 5 are auxiliary receptacles or pockets 18 and 19, one of which is adapted to receive burnedmatches and the other unburned matches. Thus it will be seen that when a cigar is deposited, lighted end down in either of the'compartments 12Iand 13,

the ashes on the cigar will fall between the.

rods 14 into the ash receiver. It will also be noted that-by inserting a lighted cigar in either compartment and moving the lighted end thereofover the bars or rods 14,

the ashes will be removed" therefrom and fall on-the bottom 6 of the main receptacle '5. The. partition 11 serves to prevent the lighted cigars in one compartment from coming in contact with the unlighted cigars" in the other compartment, while the spring fingers 10, by engagement with the inner walls of the receptacle 5, assist. in preventing tilting movement 0f the supporting tray; The upper edges of the auxiliary receptacles 18 and 19 are also preferably reinforced and strengthened by curved bars 20. If desired, the bottom as well as the side walls of the supporting tray may be formed of perforated metal and the match receiving receptacles 18 and 19, instead of being rigidly secured to the main receptacle 5, may be detachably secured thereto in any suitable manner, without departing from" the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising an ash receiving receptacle having tapered side walls, a tray suspended within the receptacle and including upper and lower rings, one of which is adapted to bear against the upper edge of the receptacle and the other adapted to frictionally engage the interior walls of said receptacle, a vertically disposed partition connecting the rings and defining independent compartments, and spaced rods extending across the bottom of the lower ring. V

2. A device of\ the class described comprising an ash receiving receptacle, a tray suspended within the receptacle and including-upper and lower rings, a vertical partition connecting said rings and defining independent compartments, oppositely disposed reinforcing rods secured to the upper edge of the partition and having their inner ends spaced apart, and a finger iece extending laterally from'the partition etween the inner ends of the reinforcing rods.

3. A device of the class described comprising an ash receivin receptacle, a tray suspended within theash receptacle and including upper and lower rings, spring fingers depending from the upper ring for frictional engagement with the interior walls of the ash receptacle, spaced --rods extending transversely across the bottom of the lower ring, a vertically disposed partition connecting said rings, and a finger piece secured to the upper end of the partition.

4-. A device of the class described including an ash receiving receptacle, a tray suspended within said receptacle and provided with a perforated bottom, a vertically disposed partition extending across the tray and defining independent compartments, the upper end of the partition being projected vertically above the top of the ash receiving receptacle and tray, and a finger piece secured tothe projecting end of said partition.

5. A device of the class described including an ash receiving receptacle, a tray suspended within the receptacle and comprising upper and lower rings, one of which is provided with a perforated bottom, and a vertically disposed partition extending across the tray and connected with the rings to form independent compartments, that portion of the tray on opposite sides of the partition and between the upper and lower rings, being unobstructed, the side walls of.

the ash receptacle constituting the side walls of the tray when the latter is positioned within said receptacle.

In testimony whereof we atfix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WV. HILTON. [L. s.] FRANK M. HILTON. [L. 8.] JOHN S. HILTON. [L. s.] Vitnesses:

ANNA HEDDESHEIMER, JACOB Hnnnnsnnnrna. 

